2nd May 2021
Bamboo shoots usually appear in April. `Shoot´ is the word for the part of any plant that you first see appear out of the ground.
Some bamboo shoots are dug up when they are less than a metre tall and are eaten. They are quite hard and it takes a lot of effort to dig them up! You can see them in supermarkets, where they are usually sold already boiled and sliced, prepared with dashi. Dashi is a kind of Japanese cooking stock.
■ How do people eat the bamboo shoots?
■ Are bamboo shoots healthy?
■ Is the bamboo plant used for making things?
■ Takenoko-gohan is a well known dish. It is ～.
■ People used to use bamboo leaves to wrap around rice balls. Now ～.
■ Bamboo shoots are sold all year round.
